Lucius Lyon

Lucius Lyon (26 February 1800-24 September 1851) was a US Senator from Michigan (D) from 26 January 1837 to 3 March 1839 (preceding Augustus S. Porter) and a member of the US House of Representatives (D-MI 2) from 4 March 1843 to 3 March 1845 (preceding John S. Chipman).

Biography
Lucius Lyon was born in Shelburne, Vermont in 1800, and he moved to Bronson, Michigan in 1821 to work as a land surveyor. He eventually became Deputy Surveyor of the Michigan Territory, and he surveyed the boundary line between Wisconsin and Illinois during the 1830s. From 1833 to 1835, he served as a Jacksonian territorial delegate to the US House of Representatives, and he was one of Michigan's inaugural US Senators, serving from 1837 to 1839. He then served in the US House of Representatives from 1843 to 1845, and he died in Detroit in 1851.